Soul Survivors: Another Chance for the Legendary Escorts
Tweet Many music documentaries explore unsung artists, niche sounds, heavy themes. In a world full of worthy projects competing to grab the attention of would be viewers, and funders, some require a...
View ArticleAlexander Brough: Chasing Charles Bradley’s American Dream
Tweet Stories don’t get much more Cinderella than Charles Bradley’s. As detailed in the acclaimed music documentary Charles Bradley: Soul of America, he’s been an abandoned child and a homeless teen,...
View ArticleCharles Bradley: Soul of America
Tweet Following soul survivor Charles Bradley’s sold out tour of Britain and Ireland in October and a fall roll-out of music documentary Charles Bradley: Soul of America on DVD across Europe, Poull...
View ArticleMuscle Shoals
Tweet “The incredible true story of a small town with a big sound,” this critically acclaimed music documentary debut about miraculously soulful Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and how it got that way is out...
View ArticleMemphis Soul Doc ‘Take Me to the River’ Wins SXSW Music Film Prize
Tweet Ah, South by Southwest, always saving the best for last. In this case, the very last SXSW Film award, the audience prize for the music-film-focused 24 Beats per Second category, handed out...
View ArticleNowhere Is Home
Tweet Kieran Evans and Paul Kelly’s music film documenting the return of the pop-soul band formerly known as Dexys Midnight Runners opens theatrically July 21 with screenings at Vue cinemas across the...
View ArticleTake Me to the River
Tweet Memphis soul giants like Mavis Staples and William Bell team up with Snoop Dogg, Lil P-Nut, and assorted other young’uns in this loving celebration of the city’s giant musical and social...
View ArticleTrailer Peek: 50 Seconds of Funk to Tease Gibney’s James Brown Doc
Tweet HBO will premiere Mr. Dynamite, “a definitive documentary biography” of James Brown, on October 27 at 9pm Eastern/Pacific. The latest joint from Alex Gibney, seemingly the hardest working man in...
View ArticleSoul on 45: A Music Film on the Vinylife
Tweet A couple of weeks ago comedian Wyatt Cenac was briefly back on The Daily Show as a guest, plugging his Netflix stand-up special in an interview with Jason Jones and Samantha Bee (Jon Stewart was...
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